International SEO and SEM Conferences

With a new year, everybody is making their plans to attend one or more search engine optimization and marketing conferences.  As the industry expands, there are several conferences that are now held outside of the US.  Here are the major upcoming ones for 2009:

• SMX Travel @ Fitur, Madrid, Spain. January 28-30.
• SES London, UK. February 17-20.
• Ad:Tech Sydney, Australia. March 11-13.
• Pubcon South, Austin, Texas, US. March 11-13.
• SES Amsterdam, The Netherlands. 16-17 March. (Conducted in Dutch)
• Reykjavik Internet Marketing Conference, Reykjavik, Iceland. March 20.
• Omma Global Hollywood, California, US. March 23-24.
• Emetrics Marketing Optimization Summit, Toronto, Canada. March 29-April 1.
• SMX Analytics, Toronto, Canada. March 31-April 1.
• SMX Sydney, Australia. April 2-3.
• Ad:Tech Paris, France. April 7-8.
• SMX China @ Timev, Xiamen, China.  April 9-10.
• Ad:Tech San Francisco, US.  April 21-23.
• Emetrics Marketing Optimization Summit, Munich, Germany. April 22-23.
• SMX Munich, Germany. April 22-23. (Conducted in German)
• Omma Mobile, New York, US. April 29.
• The International Search Summit, London, UK.  May 14.
• Emetrics Marketing Optimization Summit, London, UK. May 18-19.
• SMX London, UK. May 18-19.
• SMX Advanced, Seattle, US. June 2-3.
• Emetrics Marketing Optimization Summit, Madrid, Spain. June 3-4.
• SMX Madrid, Spain. June 3-4. (Conducted in Spanish)
• SES Hamburg, Germany. June (date TBA).
• SES Toronto, Canada. June 8-10
• Ad:Tech Singapore. June 9-10.
• PPC Summit New York, US. June 16-17.
• Social Networking Conference, Los Angeles, US. June 25-26.
• Pubcon Europe, London, UK. July 4.
• Emetrics Marketing Optimization Summit, Sao Paulo, Brazil. August 4.
• SMX São Paulo, Brazil. August 4. (Conducted in Portuguese)
• Search Engine Strategies San Jose, California, US. August 10-14.
• Ad:Tech Chicago, Illinois, US. September 1-2.
• Ad:Tech Tokyo, Japan. September 2-3.
• Ad:Tech London, UK. September 22-23.
• SMX East, New York, US. October 5-7.
• Emetrics Marketing Optimization Summit, Stockholm, Sweden. October 12-13.
• SMX Stockholm, Sweden. October 12-13.
• Emetrics Marketing Optimization Summit, Washington DC, US. October 19-23.
• Ad:Tech New York, US. November 4-6.
• Pubcon West, Las Vegas, Nevada, US. November 10-13.
• Emetrics Marketing Optimization Summit, Mexico City, Mexico. November 11.
• SMX Mexico. November 11.
• Ad:Tech Beijing, China. November 17-18.

There are likely to be more international seo conferences announced during the year.  SES Tokyo has yet to announce a 2009 date.  There were some smaller conferences in Croatia, Egypt, and India that have yet to annouce if they’ll repeat again this year.  It’s quite possible that some new ones will also be announced.  Conferences in Singapore and Hong Kong have already been held.

[Updated February, 24, 2009]